cobble

Example Sentences

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She comes only once a week, paid for by whatever funds the clinic can cobble together.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

It can help people who don’t know how to talk about themselves cobble a few sentences together about their hobbies or spit out some ideas to replace “Bios aren’t my thing.”

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2026

"So how do you take those events, make them meaningful in their own right, but cobble them together in a competitive model?"

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

“There would be huge pressure to call another snap legislative election if his efforts to cobble together a government and find support for a budget were to fail again,” the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

At least, that's what Lloyd, the older boy that used to cobble shoes back at Rose Hill, told me they looked like.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland